Telephone memorandum attachment



Nov. 1924- 1,516,606

L- HUNT TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM A'ITACl-IMEIH Filed Jan. 29. 1920 Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

Miran STATES LEIGH HUNT, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TEnEPHoNn MEMORANDUM ATTACHMENT.

Application filed January 29, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEIGH HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Telephone Memo randum Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to telephone memorandum attachments, and has for its obj ect to provide a new and improved device of this description. The invention has. among other objects to provide a device that may be easily and quickly attached to or detached from the telephone transmitter or transmitter support of a desk telephone, that is a telephone where the transmitter is mounted upon a movable support and when attached will be in the line of vision of the telephone user and without in any manner interfering with the grasping and moving of the support by such user, and to also provide a means for temporarily supporting a piece of material containing any desired data which the user of the telephonedesires to have before him while he is telephoning, and to also provide a signal by means of which when the user of the telephone has been absent for a time and has been called he can ascertain this fact as soon as he returns.

The invention has other objects which are more specifically pointed out in the following. description. I I

7 Referring now to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a View of one form of telephone transmitter and support, showing a device embodying the invention attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a front view of a part of the attachment shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the device illus-' trated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 6 is a View of the upper part of the body portion of the attachment; ,7

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

As illustrated in the drawing I have shown a telephone transmitter 1, mounted upon the usual desk support or base. This support is provided with a hand portion 2 which is grasped by the hand of the op- Serial No. 354,990.

erator in using the transmitter. It is also provided with a. reduced portion or neck 3 to which the transmitter 1 is movably connected. The attachment is provided with thebody portion 4, having connected therewith a supporting arm 5. This supporting arm is provided at the end with a fastening piece 6 by means of which it is fastened to the transmitter support. In the construction shown this fastening piece is made of spring metal and is arranged in the form of a loop with a projecting end 7 In fastening the device to the neck of the transmitter support the opening 8 in the loop is placed opposite the neck and pressure applied to the back of the loop, whereupon the portion 7 springs out and permitsthe neck 3 to enter the loop, the parts taking the position shown in Fig. 5, the portion 7 springing back so as to cause the fastening device to tightly clamp the neck 3. The supporting arm 5 then projects upwardly as shown in Fig. l, and the body portion 4 is held in the line of sight of the telephone user when he is speaking through the transmitter. I pre fer to make the supporting arm 5 and the body portion 4 separate and removably connect them together. In the construction shown the supporting arm 5 is connected with the cross piece 9. The body portion 4 is provided with the engaging pieces 10, the cross piece 9 being slid under these engaging pieces. The weight of the body portion will hold the parts in position. I may, however, make the engaging pieces 10 so that they will have springer friction contact with the cross piece 9. The cross piece 9 ispref'en ably provided with projections 11 which project along the sides of the body portion as shown. I prefer to have attached to the bodyportion 4 a series of memoranda leaves 12- These may be arranged with letters at the edges so as to assist in finding names and telephone numbers thereon or any other data desired. I prefer to make these loose leaves, so that they can be attached to or removed from the body portion 4 as desired and new ones inserted. In the construction shown the body portion is provided with the leaf holding parts 13 which are in the form of a loop, one end projecting through the body portion and being threaded and having a nut 14 thereon, the other end coming into proximity with the body portion as shown in Fig. 3. It will thus. be seen that by loos.

suing the screw 14 the leaf holding parts may be moved so that the leaves may be re moved, or by entirely unscrewing the nuts 14: the leaf holding parts may be taken out and all of the leaves removed at one time. It will thus be seen that new leaves may be substituted as desired. I prefer to provide a signaling part 15. This part preferably consists of a piece of material upon which data can be written and is normally out of the way as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. It may be pivoted to the body portion l or to some part associated therewith. If while the party is out he should have a call on the telephone or one or more calls, the party answering the telephone will then move the signal device to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 so that it will act as a signal and can then place upon this device the number and name of the party calling and any other data so that when the party who was called returns, he sees at a glance by means of the signal device that he has been called and upon examining it can ascertain the data in connection with any such call or calls and can at once attend to them. He then moves the signal device back to its inoperative position. This signal device may be made of material upon which data can be written and then erased such for example as celluloid, or the like. I also prefer to provide a temporary data card 16, for holding temporary data, such for example as the number and name of the party being called or questions to be asked or the like. In the construction shown this temporary data card is held by a support 17 which may be removably connected to the body portion 1 or may be permanently connected thereto if desired. This support is provided at the top with overlapping rings 18 between which the temporary data card is placed as shown in Fig. 2.

I have described in detail a particular I construction embodying the invention, but it is'of course evident that the parts may be varied in many particulars without departing from the spirit of the invention as embodied in the claims hereto appended, and I therefore do not limit myself to the particular construction shown.

Instead of arranging the temporary data card as shown in Fig. 2 I may provide the temporary data part 16 of material upon which data may be written and pivoted to the body portion as shown in Fig. 6. Ordinarily it will be out of view and can be moved up to the position shown in dotted lines when temporary data is to be placed thereon. It may be made of material such as celluloid so that the data can be erased He may put this number or any other nunr,

her on the temporary data card 16 or use a card containing any data which he desires to have in mind while telephoning and when this data card is in position as shown in Fig. 2 it is in the line of vision so that.

he can secure all the data while both his hands are being occupied with the receiver and transmitter. If new the user of the telephone should be absent when a call comes in, the party receiving the call moves the signalling device 15 to its operative position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and places on it data about the call or calls. When the absent party returns he sees at a glance that he has been called because of the position of the signal device, and he then examines this device for the data and can call the party or act on the data as he desires.

It will thus be seen that I have here a simple, cheap and effective attachment which can be easily and quickly attached to and'detached from the telephone support, which is always in the line of sight and which does not in any manner interfere with the handling of the telephone and its support.

I claim: p

1. A telephone attachment comprising a body portion, a support therefor comprising a supporting arm, a cross piece connected with said supporting arm, an engaging part or parts on the body portion with which said cross piece is removably engaged, a fastening piece connected with said arm. and adapted to engage the transmitter sup port so as to hold the body portion in the line of sight of the user of the transmitter.

2. A telephone attachment comprising a body portion, a support therefor comprising a supporting arm, a cross piece connected with said supporting arm, engaging pieces connected with said body portion with which said cross piece is removably engaged, lateral projections on the ends of said cross piece which project along the edges of said body portion, and a series of memoranda leaves removably connected with said body portion.

8. A telephone attachment comprising a body portion for receiving data, a supporting arm connected therewith and project ing downwardly therefrom, a. spring tastening piece connected with said arm and in the form of a loop and adapted to engage the reduced portion of the telephone transmitter support, and by its spring action removably supporting said arm and body portion, said body portion projecting rearwardly and upwardly from said transmitter support so as to be in the line of vision when the user is talking into the transmitter.

4. A telephone attachment comprising a fastening support device, an open loop spring fastening piece connected with the supporting fastening device adapted to engage the reduced portion of the telephone transmitter support and lamp it by spring action to hold said supporting fastening device in position, the reduced portion of the telephone transmitter support, a data receiving device connected with said fastening supporting device and projecting upwardly therefrom, and means for holding data on said data receiving device so that it can be read while the user is talking into the telephone transmitter.

A telephone attachment comprising a spring fastening device adapted to be removably connected with the reduced portion of the telephone transmitter support and held in place by its spring action, an arm connected with said fastening device and projecting upwardly therefrom, a laterally extending body portion connected with said arm, and a series of memorandum leaves connected with said body portion and in the line of sight of the user while such user is talking into the transmitter, said spring fastening device supporting the entire weight of said arm and associated parts.

6. A telephone attachment comprising a body portion for receiving data, a supporting arm connected therewith and. projecting downwardly therefrom, a spring loop con- 

